Mondays, noon - 2:00 pm ET, Mandorichard plays bluegrass, old-time, and western swing on WNHU, broadcasting from the University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, at 88.7 FM and on the WNHU stream at www.wnhu.net. The show usually repeats online Thursdays, 10pm-midnight ET, on the WNHU2 stream at www.wnhu.net.

March 31, 2011

Top 20 Newer Bluegrass Songs for period ending 3/31/11As reported by Mandorichard, host of the Black Diamond ShowMondays, noon-2pm on WNHU, 88.7 FM, West Haven CT and www.wnhu.netReported to Bluegrass Music Profiles (www.bluegrassmusicprofiles.com)

March 28, 2011

I must have smiled about a dozen times listening to the songs I put in today's show. I hope you do, too.

Slowly but surely, I'm getting the handle on building polls for you to let me know what you think. By popular request, this week's poll includes a link to a sample for each newer bluegrass song (via amazon.com or cdbaby.com) so you can remember which title went with which new song. I'd love some feedback!

March 21, 2011

This show was a lot of fun to put together--a lot of new music--my favorite newer CD is What Makes Bob Holler by the Hot Club of Cowtown--but there's a lot of good stuff on today's play list--some old, some new, some gospel, some secular.

Comments: The two tracks listed at the top got strong audience reaction from listeners in CT, MD, MI, and DE. The tracks listed at #03 and #16 are in queue for airplay on March 21. All the other tracks have been played on air in the last several weeks. The audience seems to appreciate a good mix of Bluegrass Gospel.

March 13, 2011

We've been reporting our playlists to folkradio.org since October. Starting this month, we're going to start reporting feedback to Bluegrass Unlimited and Bluegrass Music Profiles. I'd love to hear what you think of the new bluegrass we've played in the past month.

March 5, 2011

I'm posting the playlist for Monday's show early, since I expect a busy day at work that day. I really enjoyed putting this show together, even if it stretched my credit card a bit at cdbaby.com and amazon.com. Some great new music makes its BDS Debut! The HillBenders "Red Stains" is perhaps the most gruesome tragic wedding day song I've ever heard. And the Gibson Brothers "One Car Funeral" is so sad. And I really like a lot of the tracks on Iron Horse's new CD, "Horse and Pen." Played "Oh Moses" from that CD--and that got me playing other "Moses" songs--with some more to come next week! Charlie Sizemore's new CD is very good, too. How could we not play "No Lawyers in Heaven"?

Plenty of good old music, in this show, too: By request, there's even an Old & In The Way song on the docket!

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